Man detained over alleged bomb threat at right-wing CHEGA HQ
Suspect “sought to kill CHEGA leader” Breaking news this morning – coming from the leader of right-wing CHEGA himself – is that a man has been arrested in Lisbon following
Latest “political earthquake” in Spain involves companies in Portugal
Former advisor accused of using Elvas companies to launder money Spanish authorities believe that “a business entanglement in Portugal was used to embezzle and launder money from public contracts between
CHEGA “on its own” after forcing emergency debate on president’s “unparalleled betrayal”
Right wingers accused of ‘exploiting’ Marcelo’s comments for media exposure CHEGA, Portugal’s third political force, found itself completely isolated in parliament today, after forcing an emergency debate on the comments
Marcelo blocks diploma concluding health system reform
“Serious operational difficulties” compound Portugal’s complicated health picture President Marcelo has not signed the diploma of the last government extinguishing the five regional health administrations (known by the acronym ARS).
Outgoing PM approved €2.5 billion in expenses – almost half AFTER election defeat
Barney over Portugal’s public accounts persists Billions of euros were left out of the PS government’s budget, Portugal’s finance minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento has again insisted – telling a conference
Outgoing health service CEO ‘refuses’ to compile plan for summer
Minister ‘surprised’: presumed plan would have been prepared months ago Outgoing SNS CEO Fernando Araújo has reportedly ‘refused’ to come up with a plan for the running of the health
Finance minister claims predecessor left public finances in “chaos”
Former PS Socialist finance minister Fernando Medina has reacted today to claims (by AD’s finance minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento) that he left public finances in chaos. Mr Sarmento is simply
Who’s in charge?!?
In a week where the country’s president has gone so wildly off-script that an entire satirical television show was dedicated to making fun of him, voices everywhere have started questioning
CHEGA calls for urgent hearing of defence minister following comments about young offenders
CHEGA has called for an urgent hearing of defence minister Nuno Melo following his comments over the weekend that perhaps young offenders (of minor offences) might be offered a stint
Ministry of Social Security analysing million-euro ‘last minute’ purchase by toppled government
One of the day’s developing ‘scandals’ is the purchase, by the PS government, one day after the legislative elections last month that topped it, of a property in Guarda for